The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-17
PERSONAL.

Mr.. o. w. Fullam has returned from a
three months vacation in Vermont.
Mr.. John Anderson, the Railroad Commits
sioner, is confined to his house by illness.
Capt. Horatio Hight was rather better yes
terday morning.
County Commissioner Hammond was all
right yesterday.
Hon. c. p Kimball, U. s. Consul in Ger
many, is ON his way home. He will not re-
turn to Germany.
G. p. Durham, of Norway, who is gradu-
ate of kent's Hill Seminary, has entered the
Freshman class of Middleton University.
f. S. Brick, 'SS, Maine State College, has
accepted position as principal of the Penn
broke High School.
Miss Hattie A. Hooper, OF Paris Hill, has
accepted a position as teacher in the Shaw
nut Avenue Children's Home in Boston.
Ex-Governor Dingley has accepted an in
vitation to address an industrial convention
to be held at Birmingham about the first of
November on shipbuilding.
Ex-Governor Connor, who has been con-
fined to his house in Augusta for two weeks
or more, has so far recovered as to be able to
60 to Boston to attend to business.
DIR. N. r. Boutelle, Of Waterville, has
taken prizes at every fair, at which he has
entered his sheep this year. He lately took
seven first prizes at Worcester, Mass.
Mr. Ansel L. Vaughan, who recently died
at Bridgeport, Michigan, was once in bust
ness In Portland. He was born in Warren,
Me-, in 1920 He left Portland in 1864.
One of the summer visitors to Maine this
season was Col. Edwin III. Brown, mayor of
Girard, Kansas. He is native of Maine
born in the town of Bridgton. where he has
relatives living now.
Lieuts. Berry and French, lately stationed
at Fort Preble, have been ordered to Fort
Smelling, Mimi, and are succeeded by Lieuts.
Darrow and Leary from Fort Smelling. Lieut..
McComb has gone to West Point as an in
structor.
Labor Commissioner Matthews left Au-
gusta Thursday, to be absent several days in
Aroostook county. During his stay there he
VIII inquire into the numbering interests in
that region, and on his return will visit the
slate quarries of Piscataquis county.
Thursday, at the residence of DR.. James
w. North, of Augusta, the brides father,
Mr.. w. II. Harris, of Belfast, and Miss
Matte North were married. The bridegroom
is grandson of the late Hon. A. G. Jewett,
of Belfast.
Among the Veteran Firemen who parti-
cipated in the parade at Boston was Mr.. NJ.
p. Smith of Rockland. He was member
of Washington Elves. crack company of
Charleston, Mass, 80 years ago, and was
chief of the fire department of that city at
one time.
Mr.. James Deshon, for many years a resi-
dent Of Boston, died in Waltham, Thursday.
He was born in Biddeford, Me-, in 1906, and
came to Boston at the age of 25. Engaging
in the shipping business he brancaed chiefly
into the African trade. Retiring from active
business about twenty years ago, he then de-
voted his time to real estate.
Major Jacob B. Rawles, the new comman-
der at Fort Preble, was born ia Romeo,
Mich, and is about forty-nine years of age.
He was educated at West Point and entered
the service at the commencement of hostili-
ties between the north and south, and has
been attached to the fifth artillery for nearly
twenty-five years.
Major VIM. II. Trickey, well known war
veteran and Grand Army lecturer, has mott
fed the Post Office Department that he will
retire, after sixteen years. service, at an
early date, from his position as first class
clerk in the railway mail service running
from Boston to Portland. He is about to
enter Tufts College to study for the ministry.
Major Tricky is one of the best known
Grand Army men in New England.
The funeral of Capt Noble Maxwell, one
OF the oldest shipping merchants of Boston,
took place in one of the state rooms of the
Hotel Vendome at II o'clock Thursday.
Among the relatives and friends present
were Mrs. NJ. II. Hatch, Brunswick; Oring-
ton Holway, Waterville; Mr.. VIM. Dennell,
Brunswick; Mr.. Charles Maxwell, Bath, and
others. Rev. Edward Everett Hale con-
Quoted the services in simple and impress
sive manner, by reading of the Scriptures
and prayer.